It is always a big challenge to find a good Chinese restaurant in Sydney. I am normally not that impress with the Chinese restaurants here. They are determine to cater to Australian taste buds (sad!). Some of the common dishes that are so not Chinese food at all are - sweet & sour pork that looks like it has been covered with red dye, honey prawn that tastes so blxxdy sweet, mongolian lamb, sweet corn and chicken soup to name a few.
There were 5 of us and little Charlene.
Entree
To be honest, it's really not a Chinese tradition to start off the meal with an entree. All dishes, be it entree, or the main, and even the soup are served at one go. But okay, since we're in Australia and it's customary to have an entree before the main meal, we ordered the Pipi with black bean sauce.
Main
The various main that we had are:
- Mongolian lamb
- Tofu, chicken and salted fish hot pot
- Fisherman's treasure (this is a vegetarian dish - brocolli, and mixed vegetables wrapped in tofu skin)
- Ma Wong fish steamed in shallot, ginger and soya sauce
- Steam rice
Beverage: A bottle of Brokenwood Cricket Shiraz, and Chinese tea for all
Total cost for 5 = $240
Ratings
Food quality = 8/10
Ambience and cleanliness = 7/10
Value for money = 8/10
Service = 7/10.
Lily's comment: Excellent. This is definitely one of the better Chinese restaurants that I've been. We've dined several times here and never disappointed. The dishes are indeed very authentic. We were all very impressed! Loved the steam fish - it was cooked to the right amount of time, not too raw nor overcook, just melted in our mouth. I would also recommend the Fisherman's treasure vegetarian dish.